“The human desire to know why is as powerful as the desire to know what happened next, and it is a desire of a higher order.” KnowsWritingHumansDesireOrderNextPowerfulHappenedHigher Book:Writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft Source: Writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft
“Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall.” KnowsNeedsMindFallGirlLanguageComedyFineChaosMusicalNovelistsOrganizedDistinctionSheerAspireGrammarCliffsSolemnLuminousGood GirlSubversion Author:Janet Burroway